Bolton's Spicy Chicken & Fish

"The quarter sandwich is a sandwich only because of the two pieces of bread that enclose the chicken. But there is no way to eat it like you would a chicken salad sandwich. It is tear-it-apart-with-your-fingers food."
Michael Stern






"It's a delightful dilemma to come to Bolton's and have to choose between chicken and fish. Here's the latter in its classic Nashville configuration -- with pickle, mustard and onion and, of course, plenty of hot sauce."
Michael Stern



"A little shop with big flavor, Bolton's has the kind of character and soulful soul food that no upscale restaurant ever could match. "
Michael Stern



"Bolton's dining room is tiny, more like home than a restaurant."
Michael Stern



"The right way to fry chicken: in a vintage cast-iron skillet."
Michael Stern



"Catfish comes splotched with hot hot sauce. In the foreground are mac 'n' cheese and greens."
Michael Stern



"Wings deliver maximum spice per bite."
Michael Stern



"From the order window, you have a good view of chicken being fried."
Michael Stern



"A dark-meat chicken quarter comes sandwiched between two pieces of white bread. The bread is a helpful mitt to pick up the chicken and by the time you have burrowed through the crust into the succulent meat, it is soaked with savory chicken juices."
Michael Stern



"A very humble restaurant serving very wonderful hot chicken and hot fish"
Michael Stern



"The order window."
Michael Stern



"Art on the wall at Bolton's depicts a big bowl full of piping-hot chicken. If you are driving past and hungry, it makes good sense to obey the stop sign at the roofline."
Michael Stern